I’ve been watching a lot of the tutorials for Topaz and Aperture. In this series, I took a simple photo of the zipper on my wallet and experimented with several of the Topaz products. From the left to right, top to bottom: Topaz B&W, Topaz, Topaz Adjust, Topaz Simplify and Topaz Lens Effect. It’s fun to find a subject to play with.

This bunny needs to learn that eating something as bright as Bougainvillea petals… will blow your camouflage.

When I saw the bunny, I pulled the tripod legs in so that camera could sit as low to the ground as I could get it without disturbing the bunny. If the bunny was going to continue to put eating over safety, I was then going to take the camera off the tripod and try it at true ground level. But the bunny would have none of that. I sort of felt bad that I ruined his breakfast.

Since coming back from my trip to NH, I’ve taken very few photos… its been just too hot… the only time I can get chores done is in the very early morning. (Like now and I really have to get out there…) I did take a moment to document one said chore.

Post processing done in Aperture. Rotated, cropped, and skewed the white balance and set extreme vibrancy while lowering the saturation. Also darkened shadows and added 100% saturation to the blue hue. Goal was to bring out the rough!

P.S. I’ve had to concentrate my time on MostlyFiction… I’ll be back to enjoy and comment on your wonderful photos more consistently soon.